Thomas R. Pickering

Thomas R. Pickering (November 5, 1931-) served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Jordan, and El Salvador (during the height of the repression and death squad activity).

Professional History
Sources:
 * December 2005: Joins Ariel Sharon's Kadima party
 * January 2001: Boeing Corporation, senior vice president for International Relations and a member of the Boeing Executive Council.
 * May 1997 to 2001: Under Secretary for political affairs (retired in January 2001)
 * 1993 to 1996: US ambassador to Russian Federation
 * 1992 to 1993: US ambassador to India
 * 1989 to 1992: Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations
 * 1985 to 1988: US ambassador to Israel
 * 1983 to 1985: US ambassador to El Salvador
 * 1981 to 1983: US ambassador to Nigeria
 * 1978 to 1981: Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
 * 1974 to 1978: US ambassador to Jordan
 * 1973 to 1974: Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State and Special Assistant to Secretaries William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger
 * 1967 to 1969: Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
 * 1962 to 1964: Political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
 * (1959 to 1961) Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department, in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
 * 1956 to 1959: U.S. Navy
 * 1954: Masters degree, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
 * 1953: graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine

Affiliations

 * Director, National Bureau of Asian Research (NBAR)
 * Director, Henry L. Stimson Center
 * Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies - US
 * Trustee, National Committee on American Foreign Policy
 * Trustee, Aspen Institute
 * Trustee, Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * Trustee, George C. Marshall Foundation
 * Member, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
 * Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies
 * Member, Task Force on the United Nations
 * Former president, Eurasia Foundation
 * Director of the American Iranian Council
 * Director of the Center for Democracy
 * Chairman, American Academy of Diplomacy
 * Advisory Board, Partnership for a Secure America
 * International Advisory Board, International Economic Alliance
 * Advisory Council, Stanley Foundation
 * Executive Committee, Community of West and Islam Dialogue
 * Expert, Campaign for New American Policy on Iran
 * Science and Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
 * International Board, U.S./Middle East Project
 * International Management Advisory Group, Fletcher School
 * Council Member, US Asia Pacific Council

Publications by Thomas R. Pickering

 * "U.S.-Russia relations: building trade and investment" (speech), Vital Speeches of the Day, December 1, 1994 (v61 n4 p100(4)).
 * "The Transatlantic Partnership: A History of Defending Freedom; A Future for Extending It." Address at Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT), Old Dominion University Symposium, Norfolk, Virginia, October 30, 1998.
 * with James R. Schlesinger, "Weighing the Price of Rebuilding Iraq", The New York Times, April 12, 2003. Also see supporting CFR document.
 * Transcript: "What Future for the UN? A Prelude to the 58th UN General Assembly," Council on Foreign Relations, September 9, 2003.
 * with James R. Schlesinger and Eric Schwartz, "Iraq: One Year After", Independent Task Force Report, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2004.
 * with James F. Dobbins and James R. Schlesinger, Transcript: "Iraq: One Year After," Council on Foreign Relations, March 9, 2004.
 * with James R. Schlesinger, "Keep Iraq above Politics", Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2004.

External resources

 * Akiva Eldar, "America's man in the Middle East," Haaretz, December 16, 2005.